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Community Thoughts:  Posted By: Jeily - October 8th, 2011 1:03:33 pm EDT I like! Posted By: MindlessMax - July 18th, 2011 2:31:22 pm EDT The Story Beachworld is a story that, to me has got to be made into a short movie(like about 10-15 minutes). If no one else will I guess I will do it. Posted By: Magpy - July 7th, 2011 9:44:09 am EDT I first read Here There Be Tygers when I was 7, and I've read Stephen King ever since. All of his original works has interested me, and probably doesn't help that my parents had every single book written by him! I congratulate King on his excellent work over the many years, and yould like to say how much of an influence his writing has been on my own personal author career. Posted By: Norie - November 28th, 2010 8:55:09 pm EST This is one of my favorite books of Stephen King so far. I enjoyed the novelle The Mist,it was very gruesome and fantastic,one hell of a read,I might say,keep up the good work Posted By: Jackie - November 17th, 2010 12:26:42 pm EST For the last few years I've used "The Reach" in my English classes, from the Maine Speaks anthology, and students absolutely love it. It's a fabulous piece to use as an illustration of an extended metaphor (the island symbolizing life, the mainland symbolizing the afterlife, and the reach as the crossing over, or the moment of death). Students like the story at first for its spooky imagery, and (of course) because here in Lisbon High School, the students view you with something of a proprietary air, and feel you're "one of their own." When they realize the fine detail and the craft that you've put into the piece, though, they really begin to love it. As Stella imagines the roads stretching on forever, and can almost grasp that concept of infinity, they are thrown back to the feeling of lying in the dark, trying to imagine the infinite darkness that may come after death... "what if, when you die, there's just a lot of... nothing?" Like Stella, they can almost - but not quite - do it. I've not yet read the rest of the stories in this collection, but based on my encounters with "The Reach," I intend to do so. Thanks for this thoughtful and thought-provoking piece. If you have any other recommendations for short stories that would work well in a high school English classroom, I'd love to use them! More Thoughts » |
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